Joan Armatrading was an unique artist to come from the U.K. She was one of the first African American singers to really make a hit overseas from the country, and the country sort of deemed her their own Joni Mitchell at the time. Her voice is very strong, and soulful. Also, there is a lot of musical talent to enjoy. She is a different artist we are seeing from the U.K though as the majority seem to be a bunch of bands that basically built up rock. Somewhere in the middle of the album though you may drift off a bit, and somewhere near the end tune back in.
"Down to Zero" was a great song to kick off the album with, and sort of set me up to think I might be about to listen to some country. The song has a lot of personality with it's attitude, but then the second song kicks in, and sounds good, but you're hoping to return to what the first song presented.
